Network Security Jobs in Hampshire

Network Security
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 143 127
Rank change year-on-year +80 -16 +76
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 69 48 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.37% 1.19% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.88% 7.28% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 57 43 36
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,250 £63,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £69,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +45.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £78,250
90th Percentile £59,000 £80,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +20.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 386 659 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 18.87% 16.30% 19.99%
Number of salaries quoted 288 590 407
10th Percentile £31,025 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £45,500 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Hampshire

Network Security
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Hampshire.

Salary trend for Network Security in Hampshire

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Hampshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Hampshire

Network Security
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke +27 52 £53,000 -23.19% 5
Fareham +24 8 £47,500 -32.14% 1
Southampton +33 2 £46,500 -25.60% 5
Portsmouth +1 2 £48,750 -30.36% 9
Farnborough - 2 - - 1
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.04%) Azure
2 8 (11.59%) AWS
3 6 (8.70%) GCP
3 6 (8.70%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 60 (86.96%) Firewall
2 47 (68.12%) BGP
2 47 (68.12%) OSPF
3 45 (65.22%) EIGRP
4 8 (11.59%) DHCP
5 7 (10.14%) DNS
5 7 (10.14%) TCP/IP
6 6 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (8.70%) SMTP
7 4 (5.80%) VPN
8 3 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (4.35%) DMVPN
9 2 (2.90%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (2.90%) VLAN
9 2 (2.90%) WAN
10 1 (1.45%) GPON
10 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Git
General
1 6 (8.70%) Aviation
1 6 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (7.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Advertising
4 3 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (60.87%) Network Engineer
2 26 (37.68%) Network Security Engineer
2 26 (37.68%) Security Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 11 (15.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 11 (15.94%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Designer
5 8 (11.59%) Network Designer
6 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Lead
6 6 (8.70%) Support Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Developer
10 2 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Clustering
1 6 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (8.70%) Management Information System
1 6 (8.70%) PKI
1 6 (8.70%) Robotics
2 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.84%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Android
2 8 (11.59%) Linux
3 7 (10.14%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (13.04%) Network Design
3 8 (11.59%) Incident Response
3 8 (11.59%) Information Security
3 8 (11.59%) SIEM
4 7 (10.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 6 (8.70%) Application Virtualisation
5 6 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (8.70%) Cloud Security
5 6 (8.70%) Computer Science
5 6 (8.70%) Disk Encryption
5 6 (8.70%) High Availability
5 6 (8.70%) Incident Management
5 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (8.70%) Process Improvement
5 6 (8.70%) RBAC
5 6 (8.70%) Software Engineering
5 6 (8.70%) Task Automation
6 3 (4.35%) Boundary Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.90%) Java
2 2 (2.90%) Kotlin
2 2 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (2.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (88.41%) Security Cleared
2 54 (78.26%) SC Cleared
3 53 (76.81%) DV Cleared
4 8 (11.59%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (11.59%) Degree
5 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.35%) CCNA
6 3 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (2.90%) CCNP
7 2 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.45%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 6 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.14%) Hyper-V
2 7 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.70%) BitLocker
3 6 (8.70%) Docker
3 6 (8.70%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (8.70%) Terminal Services
3 6 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (8.70%) vSphere
4 1 (1.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (24.64%) FortiGate
2 8 (11.59%) Ansible
3 6 (8.70%) ArcSight ESM
3 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
3 6 (8.70%) Nagios
3 6 (8.70%) Puppet
3 6 (8.70%) QRadar
3 6 (8.70%) vCenter Server
3 6 (8.70%) vMotion
4 2 (2.90%) Terraform
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (72.46%) Cisco
2 46 (66.67%) Fortinet
3 19 (27.54%) Juniper
4 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
4 7 (10.14%) VMware
5 6 (8.70%) ArcSight
5 6 (8.70%) Citrix
5 6 (8.70%) Google
5 6 (8.70%) HP
5 6 (8.70%) LogLogic
5 6 (8.70%) McAfee
5 6 (8.70%) Splunk
5 6 (8.70%) Symantec
6 2 (2.90%) Mellanox
6 2 (2.90%) NVIDIA
6 2 (2.90%) Xamarin